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 Jasmine McCall had 19 points, three steals and six rebounds vs. Edinboro. |
Nov. 30, 2008
Edinboro, Pa. - The Wayne State University women's basketball team (1-2 overall) suffered a 71-65 setback at Edinboro University Sunday afternoon.
The Warriors were whistled for 22 fouls, 11 in each half, while the host Fighting Scots were called for eight fouls in the entire game.
WSU had a higher field goal percentage (37.3 to 31.9), 12 steals to only 14 turnovers with EU committing 23 turnovers, but the difference was in free throw shooting. Edinboro made 13 of 19 in the opening 20 minutes and 11 of 18 in the second half. Meanwhile, WSU had just nine foul shots the entire game.
Junior center Lindsey West (Royal Oak, Mich./Kimball) scored inside off a pass from classmate Brooke Bowers (Delphos, Ohio/Jefferson) on the game's first possession.
EU scored the next five points before a lay-up by senior Chastidy Miller (White Lake, Mich./Waterford Kettering). The teams exchanged buckets before a triple by Samantha Reimer (EU's leading scorer) was answered by Joy Nash's (Muskegon, Mich.) second straight basket.
Miller's triple just over seven minutes into the contest knotted the game at 15. A 6-0 run by the Fighting Scots was answered by Miller with four straight points to make it 21-19 with 8:26 remaining in the first half.
Freshman Felicia Thomas (Kalamazoo, Mich./Central) made a three-pointer with 4:18 left pulling WSU within one at 27-26. A fast-break lay-up by senior Jasmine McCall (Detroit, Mich./CMA) in the final 30 seconds tied the game at 32 but a foul was called on the Warriors with three seconds left allowing Reimer to make two foul shots giving the hosts a 34-32 advantage at intermission.
Wayne State was scoreless the first three minutes of the second half until a jumper by sophomore Chelsea Kouri (Clarkston, Mich.) made it 43-34.
After an Edinboro jumper, WSU responded with an 8-0 run with all eight points being scored by McCall cutting the deficit to three at 45-42.
Another triple by Miller with 11:55 left tied the game at 49, and just over a minute later Thomas tied the game at 51 with a fast-break lay-up.
The Fighting Scots had an 8-1 run as the Warriors were whistled for three fouls to zero for EU. Another two fouls were called on Wayne State making the total eight to one for Edinboro. In fact, the officials did not call a foul on the hosts in the first 11 minutes of the second half.
Despite Edinboro holding a 10-point lead (64-54) with 4:32 remaining, Wayne State went on an 11-4 run over the next four minutes culminating in a three-pointer by McCall pulling the Warriors within three at 68-65.
WSU was forced to foul with the shot clock off, and Reimer made one of two plus Micki Cerchiaro grabbed the offensive rebound to seal the win.
McCall and EU's Kelsey Conklin tied for game-high scoring honors with 19 points. The Fighting Scots had three players with double-digit rebound totals as WSU was out-rebounded 65-39 in the game. Edinboro was credited with 30 offensive rebounds to 26 defensive rebounds for Wayne State.
Miller added 14 points and is currently at 976 career points.
Wayne State has its home opener this Thursday against Michigan Tech with the game being televised live by Comcast.
